We just have a broken system. And to me, if somebody wants to come in and live the American dream and work hard…we should have a system that works and let’s people in…The vast majority of people want to come here for the right reasons. They want to live the American dream.

Republican candidates this year did a lot of damage to the brand,” and, “If we want people to like us, we have to like them first…You don’t start to like people by insulting them and saying their votes were bought. We are an aspirational party.

I think the fact that we send some of those people back and don’t give them the opportunity to participate here is wrong.

As Frank Sharry, Executive Director of America’s Voice, said:

The fact that a very conservative Midwestern governor is joining the ranks of Republican presidential hopefuls who support immigration reform with a path to citizenship shows just how dramatically the politics of this issue have changed. The question now becomes whether Speaker of the House John Boehner, Majority Whip Eric Cantor and the House Republican conference will pave the way or get in the way. They can allow their members to block reform and have their nominee pay the price nationally, or they can pass reform and provide their nominee with the chance to compete for Latino voters. Unless and until the GOP helps pass immigration reform, the Party’s presidential nominee is likely to find the Republican brand so degraded with Latino voters that it is next to impossible to win the White House.

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